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Weapons? that's -- that's a scary thought. what's the world come to if it takes chemical weapons to realize they sponsor terrorism that's bad. i might be wrong. i'm ukrainian. maybe it's the bombs talking. >> igor, will you please tell masha that i will take her to diz nir world as soon as she gets here. as soon as you are free and check in with you over did weekend and hope to see you back here on monday. please stay safe and keep your family safe. >> thank you so much. >> thank you so much. we are grateful. >> thank you. >> thank you. when we come back, our esteemed panel will weigh in as ...

>> i know that the russian people aware things are happening. i urge the russian people and the russian soldiers in ukraine to understand the propaganda and the disinformation that you're being told. i ask you to help me spread the truth. >> speaking in english, sub titled in russian, one thing to note, very important at last check, the official russian president twitter account only follows 22 accounts. one of those accounts is arnold schwarzenegger, so he's obviously very popular in russia and throughout eastern europe. how important was that statement, igor, and did it get through. >> first...

Wars in europe. the best thing we could do to avoid that is to get involved. i think there's a very kind of famous line from winston churchill. americans will always do the right thing after exhausting the alternatives. that's the formula right now. i think there's a still great deal of wishful thinking from the administration to stay limited. we will be dragged in and need to make courageous decisions now that are not risky. risk informed. we are entrenched based on misplaced fears of risk. >> igor who was just on with us, former adviser to president zelenskyy, reported since off the air near...

We're here. we are not here for tourism. >> not sleeping. >> reporter: here to bear witness. >> thank you. thank you. >> reporter: glad to do it. >> thank you. igor novakov is with us, a former adviser to president zelenskyy. you, too, i wanted to check in with. our team reaches out often. how are you? >> i'm fine. i heard the sirens. got an alarm as well. richard is a perfect example of what it is like in kyiv. so many air raid alert that is we have a system to know where you are in danger and what part of town you are not. we hear them and then make a decision to run and hide or kind of stay...

Systematically kidnap local officials and replace them with puppets. again, this is already begun. >> i want to bring in igor novakov, former adviser to president zelenskyy. thank you for your time this morning: let's start with our last point from our secretary of state antony blinken there. he says that this kidnapping has already started. in fact, your former boss said this week that the mayor of mariupol was fleed on wednesday after russian forces captured him last week. how much of a concern is this right now? >> well, it is a concern, but to me the more important kind of thing here is it...